Taber's Medical Dictionary
coreceptor
(kō″rē-sep′tŏr)
[com- + receptor]
A structure on a cell membrane that enhances the action of the cell receptor.
CCR5 coreceptor
A cell surface receptor found on macrophages that facilitates entry of HIV-1 into these cells. Chemokines released by T cells attempt to compete with HIV by blocking the receptor to prevent infection.
CXCR4 coreceptor
A cell surface receptor found on T cells that facilitates entry of HIV-1 into these cells.
SYN: SEE: fusin
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Coreceptor." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729206/all/coreceptor.
Coreceptor. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729206/all/coreceptor. Accessed May 8, 2021.
Coreceptor. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th edition). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729206/all/coreceptor
Coreceptor [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2021 May 08]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/729206/all/coreceptor.
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